In fairness, Dick Cheney totally started it. But like our mom used to say, “Then you be the one who stops it!”
Last night in a speech to the Center for Security Policy, the former vice president called out President Obama for being “afraid” to make a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan.
“The White House must stop dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger,” Cheney told the conservative gathering. “Make no mistake, signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries.”
Sounds familiar. What’s suprising is not so much the vim with which the former vice president repeatedly goes after the Obama administration — but how reliably the Obama administration responds. Has no one heard of a dignified silence? Oh, wait. This is Washington. Never mind.
“What Vice President Cheney calls ‘dithering,’ President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and to the American public,” said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. “I think we’ve all seen what happens when someone doesn’t take that responsibility seriously.”
Gibbs and his boss will come out second best in this contest. We’ve got the lightest of lightweights daring to challenge Vice President Dick Cheney – arguably the most intellectually substantive man in politics.
This will be fun to watch.
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